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Obama Touts New Jersey City's Success In Policing Efforts

3:00pm May 19, 2015

by Jeff Brady

The president said in Camden, N.J., that the government will put limits on the military-style equipment it makes available to police. The goal is to improve relations between police and residents.

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Reporting On Rape Kit Backlog Leads To New Law And Arrests In Ohio

2:04pm May 19, 2015

While researching sexual assaults for Cleveland's The Plain Dealer, Rachel Dissell unearthed a backlog of untested rape kits dating back to 1993. Ohio has since mandated the testing of these kits.

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Motorcyles sit in the parking lot of the Twin Peaks restaurant, the scene of a deadly biker gang shootout in Waco, Texas.

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Biker Shootout Update: 7 Remain In Hospital; Uninvited Gang Had Come To Meeting

2:03pm May 19, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Giving an update on Sunday's violence, Waco Police Sgt. Patrick Swanton dismisses media reports that law enforcement officers had killed four bikers.

Mchezaji "Che" Axum stands in a hoop house at the University of the District of Columbia's Muirkirk Research Farm, a resource for urban farmers in the city.

Urban Farmers Say It's Time They Got Their Own Research Farms

1:56pm May 19, 2015

by Whitney Pipkin

The University of the District of Columbia is the one land-grant university in the U.S. with an urban focus. It's leading research on growing food in raised beds, hoop houses and shipping containers.

The Dirigo Vintage Base Ball Club in Maine.

The Curious World Of Baseball Re-Enactors

1:38pm May 19, 2015

by Linton Weeks

When John Coray and other vintage "ballists" gather to compete using 19th century rules and trappings, the baseball diamond becomes a field of dreamers.

Self-Declared Islamic State Takes Iraqi City Of Ramadi

1:35pm May 19, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block interviews New York Times Baghdad bureau chief Tim Arango about how the self-proclaimed Islamic State took control of Ramadi, Iraq, despite American air support.

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Studies found that fidgeting can help children with ADHD collect their thoughts.

What Do You Do With A Student Who Fidgets?

1:35pm May 19, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

Stress ducks, Hokki Stools and other classroom strategies for students who need to move to learn.

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The Repast Is Not Even Past: Old LA Menus

1:28pm May 19, 2015

by Linton Weeks

By culling through the culinary offerings of thousands of old menus in the Los Angeles Public Library's collection, we can learn a lot about a city and its history.

Here's What People Are Saying About The Waco Shootout And Race

10:42am May 19, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

People are contrasting media and police reaction to the Texas shootout with their reaction to the recent protests in Baltimore and Ferguson, Mo.

Campaign material for Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal sits on a table at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Dinner.

GOP Presidential Hopefuls Serve Up Ice Cream, Cheese And Red Meat To Iowans

9:51am May 19, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

Likely 2016 candidates gave short speeches at the Iowa Lincoln Day Dinner before wooing voters at their hospitality suites downstairs with homestate fare in a more relaxed environment.